come on, let s give them the force. doctors hope this will be his last major surgery. and microsoft hopes it has a game changer on its hands with a newly unveiled tablet computer. jackie deangelis is live at the nasdaq with what s moving your money. what s the buzz? how is this tablet different from all the others out there? good morning. what he know, the new tablet named surface. two versions. lighter one slarp to the ipad and a heavier device competing with the lightweight laptops we call ultra books. the microsoft tablets run on the mu windows 8 software. 10.8 inch screen and detachable keyboards and kick stands to set them up on the table and type away. no release date yet. don t know about the price either. wall street not seeming to be impressed with microsoft the offer, at this point. interesting. help on the way for frustrated credit card customers. tell us.
considering calling off the exploration so salvage work can start. face-off in the debates in south carolinament they talked about jobs, tax returns, health care and who s best qualified to take on president barack obama in november. newt gingrich lashed out at the media when asked to comment on his ex-wife s claims about their marriage. six nato troops are dead. their nationalities haven t been released. nato says there was no hostile activity in the area when the chopper went down. but the taliban are claiming responsibility. those are the headlines from cnn. i m zain verjee, world business today starts now. hello. and a very happy friday too you. welcome to world business today. activists strike back after celebrity-ebb endorse web site megaup load to shut down over privacy claims. google pulls back on the stock market. and why the captain of a wrecked cruise liner was ordering dinner and desert when he should have been evacuating the ship. all of that and more to
speaking out on controversial pardons, former mississippi governor, haley barbour defends his position to pardon 200 people. a convicted murderer who says he deserves to be free. it is almost there. two ships just off the coast of nome, alaska to bring precious fuel. we have been keeping an eye on a rescue operation taking place off the western coast of italy this morning. here is the emergency. a crowded cruise ship that is tipped over on its side. there are 4,000 passengers and crew on board. we are hearing as many as 70 people are still missing. a journalist is at the port where survivors are being taken. good morning. have you spoken to any passengers? caller: yes, they all describe a familiar scene. they just finished eating dinner. the ship s electricity went off and felt a shutter as the ship ran on to the sandbar causing a huge gaping hole in the hull of the ship. right now, the ship is on its side, about 90 degrees resting on a bed of rocks and shallow water. you
express our deep sorrow for this terrible tragedy that deaf states us. he goes on to say we are not at this time able to pride an answer to all the questions because the competent authority are trying with our cooperative efforts are trying to understand the reason for this incident. let s bring in reporter barbie nadeou, she s in the port where the survivors have been taken. what more can you tell snus. reporter: tonight the rescue efforts or recovery efforts have been stopped for the night. there were divers out all day long looking under the area of the ship that is still under the water level. the captain has been arrested. he s being investigated, as you said, fon manslaughter and abandoning ship which is a very, very serious maritime offense. he was off the ship before the safety of his passengers had been provided for. that is the grounds on which the authorities here in italy were able to arrest him or have him stopped and officially investigated is how it works wit
most polling places in new hampshire have been opened for about five hours. two, however, have already closed. we re talking about, the super tiny towns of dixville notch and heart s location, voters there cast their ballots just after midnight. in dixville notch, romney and jon huntsman each got 2 votes. newt gingrich and ron paul each got 1. in heart s low case. it was five for romney, four for pul, 2 for huntsman and 1 for paul and gingrich. a new hampshire primary is mitt romney s to lose. according to the latest tracking poll by news 7/suffolk university. the poll puts him at 37%. ron paul, second, at 18%. followed by jon huntsman at 16%. rick santorum is fourth and newt gingrich in fifth. candidates, they are busy. making final pitches for the voters. they re trying to drum up the last-minute votes. getting ready for primary night parties. . the exception however, rick perry, he s already campaigning in south carolina. the other candidates are also looking ahead to th